So is it true buff orpingtons go broody often? Is it the same for lavender orpingtons?

[Chicken Chicken Love]

How often do buff Orpingtons and lavender Orpingtons go broody? How do you stop them from going broody?

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

Depends on the breeding behind the birds. My hatchery stock never went broody. Both buff and lavender.

 

[Chicken Chicken Love]

Depends on the breeding behind the birds. My hatchery stock never went broody. Both buff and lavender.

I got them from a local breeder when they were two weeks old.

 

[SueT]

I had one Buff Orpington, and she never went broody.

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

I got them from a local breeder when they were two weeks old.

I had breeder, or show quality buff Orpingtons who went broody constantly. So it depends on the parents. Broody hens often make broody offspring.

 

[Yep I Talk To Chickens]

In my experience yes

 

[Cebarmlds]

I've had 6 buff orps, hatchery stock never broody.

 

[Chicken Chicken Love]

I can only have 5 chickens where I live and I already have 5! So.... I can't let my chickens have eggs to hatch if they go broody, so how do I stop them from going broody?

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

You can't stop them going broody. You need to break them if they do go broody. Generally by putting them in a wire bottom crate slightly elevated off the ground. Sometimes just penning them away from their chosen nest site will break them too. Generally for 3-5 days.

 

[CrazyCochin]

We have two Buff Orpingtons that are about 5 to 6 years old and just now became broody.
I call them broodier old women.